NDLEA busts syndicate planting illicit drugs in passengers’ luggage at motor parks

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have unraveled a syndicate which plants illicit drugs in the luggage of unsuspecting passengers in motor parks.

The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, June 28, 2026.

He said: “Their trick came to the fore when operatives in Abuja intercepted a consignment of methamphetamine in a Sienna bus coming from Nnewi Anambra State at Abaji, FCT, on Saturday, June 20, 2026.

“During a search of the bus, a waybill package was recovered containing whitish substances suspected to be methamphetamine concealed inside a black nylon bag, which was also put into another sack of clothes with the phone number of the receiver written on it.”

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Babafemi said a follow-up operation conducted on June 20 led to the arrest of the supposed receiver of the waybill, Gloria Peter, at Utako motor park.

Babafemi said Peter however denied knowledge and ownership of the package in her luggage.

The NDLEA spokesman added: “This led to a swift arrest of the loaders of the Sienna bus in Nnewi where one of them revealed that the drug package was put into the woman’s bag by him on the directive of the driver of the bus Abdurrazak Isah.

“His revelations made the driver to open up and mentioned one of his passengers, Onyebuchi Victor Okoye, as the actual owner of the drug. Onyebuchi was then picked up at Utako, FCT, during another follow-up operation. The illicit consignment weighed 467.7grams.”